Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Photograph of men removing a section of curb from Main Street in Dealey Plaza

Black and white photograph of workers removing a section of curb in Dealey Plaza for the FBI on August 5, 1964. A group of men is gathered around the curb with jackhammers and other tools, removing a section of curb that contained a possible bullet mark from a shot that missed the presidential limousine. The photographer faced east, toward downtown, from the median between Main and Commerce streets. This copy of a photograph was part of FBI Special Agent Lyndal Shaneyfelt's Kennedy assassination file; Shaneyfelt assisted in the FBI investigations of the assassination conducted on behalf of the Warren Commission in 1964.

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Object title:

Photograph of men removing a section of curb from Main Street in Dealey Plaza

Date:

08/05/1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Curb

Main Street

Photographs

Assassination

Investigations

Warren Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.037.0048

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Photograph of men removing a section of curb from Main Street in Dealey Plaza

Black and white photograph of workers removing a section of curb in Dealey Plaza for the FBI on August 5, 1964. A group of men is gathered around the curb with jackhammers and other tools, removing a section of curb that contained a possible bullet mark from a shot that missed the presidential limousine. The photographer faced east, toward downtown, from the median between Main and Commerce streets. This copy of a photograph was part of FBI Special Agent Lyndal Shaneyfelt's Kennedy assassination file; Shaneyfelt assisted in the FBI investigations of the assassination conducted on behalf of the Warren Commission in 1964.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of men removing a section of curb from Main Street in Dealey Plaza

Date:

08/05/1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Curb

Main Street

Photographs

Assassination

Investigations

Warren Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.037.0048

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